地下

Chinese

		earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly	under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter
trad. (地下)		地	下
simp. #(地下)		地	下
anagram		下地

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dìxià

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dei⁶ haa⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thi-hâ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tē-hā / tōe-hā / tē-hǎ / tē-hēe / tōe-ē / tē-ē / tē-ēe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): di⁷ ê⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dìxià
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dìsià
    • Wade–Giles: ti⁴-hsia⁴
    • Yale: dì-syà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dihshiah
    • Palladius: дися (disja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dei⁶ haa⁶
    • Yale: deih hah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dei⁶ haa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: déi⁶ ha⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tei̯²² haː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thi-hâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: ti ha^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ti⁴ ha¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰi⁵⁵ ha²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tē-hā
    • Tâi-lô: tē-hā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dexha
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /te³³⁻²¹ ha³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /te²²⁻²¹ ha²²/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōe-hā
    • Tâi-lô: tuē-hā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doexha
    • IPA (Taipei): /tue³³⁻¹¹ ha³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tē-hǎ
    • Tâi-lô: tē-hǎ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /te⁴¹⁻²² ha²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tē-hēe
    • Tâi-lô: tē-hēe
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /te²²⁻²¹ hɛ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōe-ē
    • Tâi-lô: tuē-ē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doexe
    • IPA (Taipei): /tue³³⁻¹¹ e³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tue²²⁻²¹ e²²/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tē-ē
    • Tâi-lô: tē-ē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dexe
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /te³³⁻²¹ e³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tē-ēe
    • Tâi-lô: tē-ēe
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /te²²⁻²¹ ɛ²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: di⁷ ê⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tī ĕ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti¹¹ e³⁵/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 地下

1. (literal, attributive) underground

   地下管道  ―  dìxià guǎndào  ―  underground pipeline

2. (figurative) underground; secretive

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 地下

1. (literary) underworld

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dìxia

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ˙ㄒㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dei⁶ haa^6-2 / dei⁶ haa⁶
• Gan (Wiktionary): ti⁵ ha
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thi-hâ
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): di⁵ ha

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dìxia
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ˙ㄒㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dìsiå
    • Wade–Giles: ti⁴-hsia⁵
    • Yale: dì-sya
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dih.shia
    • Palladius: дися (disja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹ ɕi̯ä¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dei⁶ haa^6-2 / dei⁶ haa⁶
    • Yale: deih há / deih hah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dei⁶ haa^6-2 / dei⁶ haa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: déi⁶ ha^6-2 / déi⁶ ha⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tei̯²² haː²²⁻³⁵/, /tei̯²² haː²²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: ti⁵ ha
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi¹¹ ha¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thi-hâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: ti ha^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ti⁴ ha¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰi⁵⁵ ha²⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: di⁵ ha
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti²¹⁻¹¹ xa̠³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 地下

1. ground; floor

   別往地下扔！／别往地下扔！  ―  Bié wǎng dìxia rēng!  ―  Don't throw [it] on the floor!

   你別坐地下呀。／你别坐地下呀。  ―  Nǐ bié zuò dìxia ya.  ―  Don't sit on the floor.

   你唔好坐喺地下啦。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   nei⁵ m⁴ hou² co⁵ hai² dei⁶ haa^6-2 laa¹. [Jyutping]

   Don't sit on the floor.

   瞓地下／𰥛地下 [Cantonese]  ―  fan³ dei⁶ haa^6-2 [Jyutping]  ―  to sleep on the ground

2. (Hong Kong) ground floor

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
地	下
ち Grade: 2	か Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

地 (ち, chi, “ground”) + 下 (か, ka, “under”)

Noun

地(ち)下(か) • (chika) 

1. underground; subterranean

   地下(ちか)２階(にかい)

   chika ni-kai

   second basement

Idioms

• 地下(ちか)に潜(もぐ)る (chika ni moguru, “go underground (as in a political movement)”)

Derived terms

• 地(ち)下(か)運(うん)動(どう) (chikaundō)
• 地(ち)下(か)化(か) (chikaka)
• 地(ち)下(か)街(がい) (chikagai)
• 地(ち)下(か)茎(けい) (chikakei)
• 地(ち)下(か)工(こう)作(さく) (chikakōsaku)
• 地(ち)下(か)資(し)源(げん) (chikashigen)
• 地(ち)下(か)室(しつ) (chikashitsu)
• 地(ち)下(か)核(かく)実(じっ)験(けん) (chikakakujikken)
• 地(ち)下(か)水(すい) (chikasui)
• 地(ち)下(か)線(せん) (chikasen)
• 地(ち)下(か)組(そ)織(しき) (chikasoshiki)
• 地(じ)下(か)足(た)袋(び) (jikatabi)
• 地(ち)下(か)鉄(てつ) (chikatetsu)
• 地(ち)下(か)道(どう) (chikadō)
• 地(ち)下(か)牢(ろう) (chikarō)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
地	下

Noun

地下 • (jiha) (hangeul 지하)

1. hanja form^? of 지하 (“underground; basement”)

Derived terms

• 지하철 (地下鐵, jihacheol)
• 지하도 (地下道, jihado)
• 지하실 (地下室, jihasil)